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Military service
Service number:
643478
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
157th Bn.
Birth:
March 5, 1895
Death:
July 18, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Maurice and Ada Hill of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private William Earl Hill
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War Memorial
Barrie, Ontario Cenotaph Innisfil Memorial -
Grave Marker
Private W.E. Hill's grave marker in the Bethesda Cemetery, on the 5th Sideroad (just south of the 4th Line), Bethesda, Town of Innisfil, north-east of Cookstown, Ontario. Private Hill died of pneumonia at Camp Borden, Ontario, while serving in the 157th Battalion (Simcoe Foresters). (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2013.) -
Family Memorial
Hill family monument, on which Private W.E. Hill is commemorated, in the Bethesda Cemetery, Bethesda, Town of Innisfil, north-east of Cookstown, Ontario. (Image by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2013.) -
Inscription
Inscriptions on Hill family monument, commemorating Private Hill and his parents, in the Bethesda Cemetery, Bethesda, Town of Innisfil, north-east of Cookstown, Ontario. (Image by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2013.) -
Memorial
Cookstown Cenotaph -
Memorial
Cookstown Cenotaph -
Street sign
Barrie street named in honour of Private William Earl Hill with a poppy. -
Memorial Park
Cookstown Memorial Park
Digital gallery of
Private William Earl Hill
Digital gallery of
Private William Earl Hill
Digital gallery of
Private William Earl Hill
Digital gallery of
Private William Earl Hill
Digital gallery of
Private William Earl Hill
Digital gallery of
Private William Earl Hill
Digital gallery of
Private William Earl Hill
Digital gallery of
Private William Earl Hill
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 103 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BETHESDA CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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